Dialynx

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

A short while ago I posted a fairly long piece about the Dialynx manifold.
 
In it, I pointed out that the two failures known to me (my own and John 
Robinson's) both shared the factors of having been installed by the same 
mechanic within a week of each other, and being on MB engines.  John has since 
told me that _all_ of the stud threads in his cylinder head have been damaged, 
and his exhaust manifold is now 100% helicoiled.  I suspect that John's first 
warpage was caused by incorrect fitting, and his second by concommitant damage 
to the head.
 
Which leaves my own MB, with a Dialynx manifold ticking not so quietly away.  

An exhaustive examination and subsequent experiment proves that my own Dialynx 
manifold ceases to tick once there are properly torqued nuts on _ALL_ of the 
studs!!! 

I remind the audience that John's and mine were installed by the same mechanic 
within days of each other.  I strongly suspect we have found the problem.

And it has _nothing_ to do with Dialynx.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club